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Last refreshed on: 8 January 2024
Main ID:  NCT03517423
Date of registration: 25/04/2018
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Public title: Brivaracetam: a Prospective and Multicentre Post-marketing Observational Study
Scientific title: Brivaracetam: a Prospective and Multicentre Post-marketing Observational Study
Date of first enrolment: October 4, 2018
Target sample size: 51
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03517423
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Mark R Keezer, MDCM PhD
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Affiliation:  CHUM
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All consecutive adult patients (i.e. aged at least 18 years) with focal epilepsy in
whom BRV was introduced (no more than 48 hours prior to their time of recruitment) at
participating medical centres, ambulatory or hospitalized, will be approached to
participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- We will exclude individuals with generalized epilepsy as well as those aged less than
18 years, in order to respect current Health Canada indications. We will exclude
individuals cognitively or physically unable to complete the study questionnaires.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Epilepsy
Intervention(s)
Drug: Brivaracetam
Primary Outcome(s)
proportion with at least a 50% change in seizure frequency [Time Frame: 3 and 6 months]
mean percent change in monthly seizure frequency [Time Frame: 3 and 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
mean change in irritability [Time Frame: 3 and 6 months]
mean change in depression [Time Frame: 3 and 6 months]
the proportion of individuals that are seizure free [Time Frame: 3 and 6 months]
change in distribution of seizure types [Time Frame: 3 and 6 months]
adverse effects [Time Frame: 3 and 6 months]
mean change in generalised anxiety [Time Frame: 3 and 6 months]
mean change in quality of life [Time Frame: 3 and 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
MP-02-2-18-6766
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
UCB Pharma
Ethics review
Results
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